This lecture will consider the topic of neuroaesthetics, delving into how our brains perceive and process artistic experiences and the significant benefits this has for our health.
Video Category: Visual art
End Game: The Art of Marcel Duchamp
This talk explores how Duchamp visually integrated chess into his artworks and, more importantly, how he employed the fundamental strategies of chess into his art.
Hendrick Avercamp’s winter wonderlands: Game on!
This talk explores winter paintings of Hendrick Avercamp showing crowds of people engaged in various activities: skating, sledding, and playing games.
The Power in the Panels: An Exploration of Tarot and Comic Books
This talk explores a unique relationship between comic books and Tarot, as they both embody storytelling using symbolic art and natural language.
Witches’ Bodies in ArtÂ
This talk uses the term ‘witch’ broadly, looking at art a wide range of witches’ bodies to explore the idea of the powerful woman in world history from Japanese fox spirits to ancient Mycenaean priestesses, European witches and Mayan queens.
Magic and Mystery in Peter Doig’s Art
This talk is on Peter Doig’s art which is a mesmerising exploration of dreams and magic, where reality and imagination seamlessly intertwine.
Mystery, Miracles and Magic: the work by the artist M.C.Escher
This lecture explores graphical works by M.C. Escher which play with and make fun of the age-old aim by artists to create three dimensional images in a two dimensional medium.
The Magic Body: Visualising Medieval MedicineÂ
This talk looks at the body in ancient and medieval medical art, its balances and its magical properties. We’ll look at a wide range of art, charts, paintings and drawings from Leonardo to Dürer, medieval manuscripts, medical manuals and cathedral sculptures.
How (Not) to Behave: the satires of William Hogarth
Join us for an enlightening exploration of the provocative world of 18th-century British artist William Hogarth.
Hieronymus Bosch: Universal Disorder
The often bizarre paintings by Hieronymus Bosch depict stories of temptation, sin and accountability, set in a world that is both recognizable and fantastical at the same time.